Three men suspected of raping an American tourist and beating her boyfriend
were presented to the media in Rio de Janeiro yesterday as police described
the perpetrators as a “party of evil”.

Detectives said that they were searching databases to determine whether the
suspects, Jonathan Foudakis de Souza, Carlos Armando Costa dos Santos and
Wallace Aparecido Souza Silva, aged 20 to 22, were linked to any other
crimes.

The woman, 20, and her French boyfriend, 23, were in the Copacabana beach area
shortly after midnight on Saturday when they hailed a public minibus, often
used as a speedier alternative to